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Wednesday, April 30, 2014

We're thrilled to have the super talented Di Garling, winner of our March Challenge, with us today!

Hi there! My name is Di Garling and I am from Australia. I own and run a scrapbook shop in Australia where I teach both scrapbooking and cardmaking and also do most of the design work. I am Design Team Coordinator for 2 Crafty Chipboard, as well as “Scrap Around the World” & “Heart & Soul” challenge blogs. All of this keeps me extremely busy but I wouldn’t have it any other way. My style is ever evolving, I adore color and texture, I love mixed media and I always pay great attention to detail. I hope you enjoy my work.

I have used this adorable picture of my new baby Granddaughter, Mia. The challenge this month is to include some handmade flowers. I have made five different flowers for my layout and I have also included a couple of store-bought flowers as well.

The orange flower (right) I made using cardstock, a Spellbinders die and some stamens for the center. I think the secret to making it look like a purchased flower was to use lots of layers, curling the edges, and then adding the stamens for a touch of realism.

For this cluster I have made three different flowers. First, the orange flower on the left, is created with another Spellbinders die. I curled all the petals, but on this one I added touches of glue to the stamens, as well as the middle, and then I sprinkled gold micro beads which naturally stuck to the glue. I was really happy with how this flower turned out.

The second flower I made in this cluster is the pink one, which I made by cutting out petals from pink paper and from pink netting. Next, I alternated the paper and netting petals to create the bloom. I thought the netting added a little something extra. Again I finished off the flower with a few stamens in the middle.

The third flower in this cluster (bottom pink) was simply made from a length of pink netting that I twisted in a circular fashion and simply stuck down onto a circle of cardstock, making sure that the card is not visible. Too easy!

The last handmade flower on my layout is this rose in the bottom corner. Again I used a Spellbinders die, this time with some orange cardstock. I inked the edges of the cardstock in a different shade of orange, glued it together and then rolled all the edges to make it look like a real rose. To finish it off, I wiped a bit of Stickles randomly over the edges for a bit of added sparkle.

There are still a couple of hours left to join our challenge this month! We have such great prizes!

This month we challenge you to create a project using handmade flowers!

There must be at least ONE homemade flower on your project.

This challenge is not limited to a scrapbook page - think canvas, home
decor, headbands, anything your creative mind can dream up! There are
hundreds of flower tutorials out there for flowers made out of paper,
felt, cloth, twine, burlap, coffee filters, etc. For links to all of the
flower tutorials pictured above, and many more, see Tracey's Pintrest
page here.

Six
weeks of workshops with step-by-step detailed examples and videos! Do
you like to play with inks? Dirty hands, paint in the hair and stains on
the apron don’t scare you? Then this workshop is for you! Whatever your
style, learn how to create backgrounds very personal using the
techniques presented in this workshop! I requested internationally
famous guests who will share their secrets for making scrapbook pages
from A to Z. Each week two different step-by-step (videos or photos and
written explanations) will be presented. Each week, icing on the cake,
sample pages created by the various artists using each technique will be
shared. These examples will show you that the techniques are adaptable
to all styles! The workshop will focus on scrapbooking pages, but the
techniques are obviously suitable for other media (Art Journal, Project
Life, mini-album, canvas Mixed Media etc.). There is no time limit to
subscribe to the workshop and it will be available for a period of one
year from the beginning of the workshop (ie 18 October 2014).

Pop and Colours Workshop #2 - Around the World

10
weeks of workshops in video! Did you like Pop and Colours Workshop #1 -
Art of Background and you want more? Well...we do have more! Pop and
Colours # 2 - Around the World is based on the same principle. Our team
of renown international artists will share their secrets for making
scrapbook pages through exclusive videos! Different styles will share
the spotlight: freestyle, shabby, mixed media or graphic style, you will
find types for all tastes! Class started on January 3, 2014 and all the
content will be available for a whole year. You can join us at anytime
within this year!

Darkroom
Door also has a fabulous blog that is updated regularly with projects
created by many talented artists. Check out the Darkroom Door website to
see their full product range along with a gallery full of projects and
ideas!

We're a US based company who has recently changed directions and
moved to chipboard embellishments! Our designs are fresh, new and on
trend. We pride ourselves in the quality of our chip and our dedication
to the trade. With our passion for paper crafts and our knowledge of
industry we can safely say you'll love our goods and their high quality!

We are a team of creative women who cannot image their world without
paper, glue and the creative process. Scrapbooking is our passion and we
love to share our passion with other scrapbookers. For this reason, 7
Dots Studio exists. The quality of our products is our top priority. Our
collections are made from thick (250gsm), acid-free, lignin-free,
archival scrapbooking paper. We also offer high quality cardstock
stickers.

Please note that if the winner(s) of this challenge are international they will be responsible for shipping costs.

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Hi, Cathi here with my layout for April. A beautiful soul in our family has just died after a brief but aggressive fight with pancreatic cancer. I needed to do something to remember him by and just loved this photo that had been shared on Facebook. I wish for peace is meant in many ways, I wish for peace for Olly, peace in the hearts of all that loved him, though it may take a while for a true peace to be there as the grief is still fresh. Doing this layout helped me a lot and it was great to have time to remember fun conversations and great stories about my brother in law. He was my youngest's girls Godfather, they had a special bond with a shared interest in art. He was both the girls favorite uncle, a kid at heart, and he will be deeply missed.

This month we were challenged to add handmade flowers to our layouts. I chose to add two Bitty Blossoms from my favorite Spellbinder dies. I added pearls to the center of both and placed them in with my other flowers.

I also used two amazing pieces of chipboard from UmWow Studios. I absolutely love this one with the hands and it perfectly suits this layout. The papers, stamps and die cuts are from the 7 Dots Studio Cold Country paper, just beautiful!! Finally, I used the filmstrips and tags of Venice from Darkroom Door, as Olly loved travelling and his job was as a filmographer, again they just worked perfectly for this layout. The words are also from Darkroom Door and from 7 Dots Studio and I used many to describe him and things he loved to do. In the top of this closeup photo here you can also see a flair of a dandelion, again to me a perfect symbolism of how brief and fragile life is.

A sad layout, but one I am glad I did.

As tomorrow is the last day of this challenge, if you have a layout this month with a handmade flower in it,

I encourage you to enter it and share it with us!

Tracey is hosting a fun and fabulous challenge for the month of April over at Berry71Bleu

AND

This month we challenge you to create a project using handmade flowers !

There must be at least ONE homemade flower on your project.
It's not limited to a scrap page-think canvas, home decor, headbands, anything your creative mind can dream up! There are hundreds of flower tutorials out there for flowers made out of paper, felt, cloth, twine, burlap, coffee, filters, etc..

Six weeks of workshops with step-by-step detailed examples and videos! Do you like to play with inks? Dirty hands, paint in the hair and stains on the apron don’t scare you? Then this workshop is for you! Whatever your style, learn how to create backgrounds very personal using the techniques presented in this workshop! I requested internationally famous guests who will share their secrets for making scrapbook pages from A to Z. Each week two different step-by-step (videos or photos and written explanations) will be presented. Each week, icing on the cake, sample pages created by the various artists using each technique will be shared. These examples will show you that the techniques are adaptable to all styles! The workshop will focus on scrapbooking pages, but the techniques are obviously suitable for other media (Art Journal, Project Life, mini-album, canvas Mixed Media etc.).

There is no time limit to subscribe to the workshop and it will be available for a period of one year from the beginning of the workshop (ie 18 October 2014).

Pop and Colours Workshop #2 - Around the World

10 weeks of workshops in video! Did you like Pop and Colours Workshop #1 - Art of Background and you want more? Well...we do have more! Pop and Colours # 2 - Around the World is based on the same principle. Our team of renown international artists will share their secrets for making scrapbook pages through exclusive videos! Different styles will share the spotlight: freestyle, shabby, mixed media or graphic style, you will find types for all tastes! Class started on January 3, 2014 and all the content will be available for a whole year. You can join us at anytime within this year!

Darkroom Door is owned by photographer Rachel Greig and graphic designer Stewart Yule who combine their talents to design a unique range of rubber stamps and papercraft products suitable for card making, scrapbooking, invitations, collage, mixed media and altered art. As the name suggests, Darkroom Door products have a strong photographic element in their design.

Darkroom Door also has a fabulous blog that is updated regularly with projects created by many talented artists. Check out the Darkroom Door website to see their full product range along with a gallery full of projects and ideas!

We're a US based company who has recently changed directions and moved to chipboard embellishments! Our designs are fresh, new and on trend. We pride ourselves in the quality of our chip and our dedication to the trade. With our passion for paper crafts and our knowledge of industry

We are a team of creative women who cannot image their world without paper, glue and the creative process. Scrapbooking is our passion and we love to share our passion with other scrapbookers. For this reason, 7 Dots Studio exists. The quality of our products is our top priority. Our collections are made from thick (250gsm), acid-free, lignin-free, archival scrapbooking paper. We also offer high quality cardstock stickers.

Please note that if the winner(s) of this challenge are international they will be responsible for shipping costs.

Monday, April 28, 2014

"I'm a 26 year old creative gal with tons of passions. I'm the Owner/Creative Director of UmWowStudio, Marketing and Artistic Director for Viva Las VegaStamps! and Paper Designer for 7 Dots Studio. I have a Bachelor of Arts degree and <<LOVE>> color."

This month we challenge you to create a project using handmade flowers!

There must be at least ONE homemade flower on your project.

This challenge is not limited to a scrapbook page - think canvas, home decor, headbands, anything your creative mind can dream up! There are hundreds of flower tutorials out there for flowers made out of paper, felt, cloth, twine, burlap, coffee filters, etc. For links to all of the flower tutorials pictured above, and many more, see Tracey's Pinterest page here.

Six weeks of workshops with step-by-step detailed examples and videos! Do you like to play with inks? Dirty hands, paint in the hair and stains on the apron don’t scare you? Then this workshop is for you! Whatever your style, learn how to create backgrounds very personal using the techniques presented in this workshop! I requested internationally famous guests who will share their secrets for making scrapbook pages from A to Z. Each week two different step-by-step (videos or photos and written explanations) will be presented. Each week, icing on the cake, sample pages created by the various artists using each technique will be shared. These examples will show you that the techniques are adaptable to all styles! The workshop will focus on scrapbooking pages, but the techniques are obviously suitable for other media (Art Journal, Project Life, mini-album, canvas Mixed Media etc.). There is no time limit to subscribe to the workshop and it will be available for a period of one year from the beginning of the workshop (ie 18 October 2014).

Pop and Colours Workshop #2 - Around the World

10 weeks of workshops in video! Did you like Pop and Colours Workshop #1 - Art of Background and you want more? Well...we do have more! Pop and Colours # 2 - Around the World is based on the same principle. Our team of renown international artists will share their secrets for making scrapbook pages through exclusive videos! Different styles will share the spotlight: freestyle, shabby, mixed media or graphic style, you will find types for all tastes! Class started on January 3, 2014 and all the content will be available for a whole year. You can join us at anytime within this year!

Darkroom Door also has a fabulous blog that is updated regularly with projects created by many talented artists. Check out the Darkroom Door website to see their full product range along with a gallery full of projects and ideas!

We're a US based company who has recently changed directions and moved to chipboard embellishments! Our designs are fresh, new and on trend. We pride ourselves in the quality of our chip and our dedication to the trade. With our passion for paper crafts and our knowledge of industry we can safely say you'll love our goods and their high quality!

We are a team of creative women who cannot image their world without paper, glue and the creative process. Scrapbooking is our passion and we love to share our passion with other scrapbookers. For this reason, 7 Dots Studio exists. The quality of our products is our top priority. Our collections are made from thick (250gsm), acid-free, lignin-free, archival scrapbooking paper. We also offer high quality cardstock stickers.

Please note that if the winner(s) of this challenge are international they will be responsible for shipping costs.

Saturday, April 26, 2014

Mandy here and today I'm sharing a layout featuring goodies from the design team sponsors "7 Dots Studio" papers and embellishments and "Um Wow Studio" chipboard embellishments.....I finished this project in a few hours....I was inspired to do a grunge boy layout using the supplies I had. I wanted to make the handmade flowers simple since this was a "boy" theme. I decided to use two different flower punches and out-lined the flowers with a black painters pen....VERY simple!

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Here is a close-up of the little flower I added under the photo and outlined it with the painters pen...

I added some inks to the chipboard and background stencil work...

The two half circles on the layout are from a spool of ribbon. I cut the circle in half and painted it with black ink and wrapped twine around the center....

You still have time to get your "handmade flower" project in! Check out the details below:

Tracey is hosting a fun and fabulous challenge for the month of April over at Berry71Bleu

AND

This month we challenge you

to create a project

using handmade flowers !

There must be at least ONE homemade flower on your project.

It's not limited to a scrap page-think canvas, home decor, headbands, anything your creative mind can dream up! There are hundreds of flower tutorials out there for flowers made out of paper, felt, cloth, twine, burlap, coffee, filters, etc..

Six weeks of workshops with step-by-step detailed examples and videos! Do you like to play with inks? Dirty hands, paint in the hair and stains on the apron don’t scare you? Then this workshop is for you! Whatever your style, learn how to create backgrounds very personal using the techniques presented in this workshop! I requested internationally famous guests who will share their secrets for making scrapbook pages from A to Z. Each week two different step-by-step (videos or photos and written explanations) will be presented. Each week, icing on the cake, sample pages created by the various artists using each technique will be shared. These examples will show you that the techniques are adaptable to all styles! The workshop will focus on scrapbooking pages, but the techniques are obviously suitable for other media (Art Journal, Project Life, mini-album, canvas Mixed Media etc.).There is no time limit to subscribe to the workshop and it will be available for a period of one year from the beginning of the workshop (ie 18 October 2014).

Pop and Colours Workshop #2 - Around the World

10 weeks of workshops in video! Did you like Pop and Colours Workshop #1 - Art of Background and you want more? Well...we do have more! Pop and Colours # 2 - Around the World is based on the same principle. Our team of renown international artists will share their secrets for making scrapbook pages through exclusive videos! Different styles will share the spotlight: freestyle, shabby, mixed media or graphic style, you will find types for all tastes! Class started on January 3, 2014 and all the content will be available for a whole year. You can join us at anytime within this year!

Darkroom Door is owned by photographer Rachel Greig and graphic designer Stewart Yule who combine their talents to design a unique range of rubber stamps and papercraft products suitable for card making, scrapbooking, invitations, collage, mixed media and altered art. As the name suggests, Darkroom Door products have a strong photographic element in their design.

Darkroom Door also has a fabulous blog that is updated regularly with projects created by many talented artists. Check out the Darkroom Door website to see their full product range along with a gallery full of projects and ideas!

We're a US based company who has recently changed directions and moved to chipboard embellishments! Our designs are fresh, new and on trend. We pride ourselves in the quality of our chip and our dedication to the trade. With our passion for paper crafts and our knowledge of industrywe can safely say you'll love our goods and their high quality!

We are a team of creative women who cannot image their world without paper, glue and the creative process. Scrapbooking is our passion and we love to share our passion with other scrapbookers. For this reason, 7 Dots Studio exists. The quality of our products is our top priority. Our collections are made from thick (250gsm), acid-free, lignin-free, archival scrapbooking paper. We also offer high quality cardstock stickers.

Please note that if the winner(s) of this challenge are international they will be responsible for shipping costs.